'An embarrassingly small new feature set, not sure how they'll justify the upgrade price this time'

Well maybe it's just me.....but I'm not even mildly tempted

@utiler said:

Glad to hear it works for you, Stu. What does it cost?

So what are you using it for? Do you integrate it into SU at all?

Hi Andrew...long time.....

Using it for 2D landscape design drafting...no integration with SU apart from DWG export...but I'm fine with that.

I think your first question is answered below

And SRX...yes had a look at NanoCAD....was not impressed with the UI....I like nice icons...shallow I know...but if you have to hit them a zillion times a day its better if they appeal, visually.....and more importantly, are clear.

I know, another free CAD program....but this one ticks all the boxes for me.

http://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight/

Put together by Dassault, the SolidWorks people it is free to use after a 30 day trial upon registration [registration can be a bit glitchy].

A very nice UI and VERY similar, from my experience, to ACAD LT.

I've tried a few others including DoubleCAD, and prefer it to ProgeCAD which I was happy to buy but was put off by the UI.

Stu

Cant find any mention of this...but I'll be surprised if it hasnt come up before...but anyway

https://www.autocadws.com/

A free, cloud based iPad/iPhone, Android app....imports Dwg files with a basic but useful set of tools.

Thanks Tig and Fiona,

As I suspected the free stuff is pretty scratchy, if it works at all... but I did find Able2Extract
http://www.investintech.com/downloads.htm
Does a good job, converts to DWG as well as DXF, and its possible to set units, line width and scale.

For a $100 it seems reasonable value

Edit:....And thanks Rich and All for the links below

I think this is probably wishful thinking....does something like this exist?

At the moment I'm using a version of AutoCad that was released before PDFs were even dreamed of

I probably should buy a version of IntelliCad but if there is actually a free converter [rather than a trial version] I would be happy with that.

Thanks Guys

Thanks Tig,

Partial selecting would certainly help...but it does seem like a recent problem....Ive been using this function constantly since it was first introduced way back in version? without much trouble.

Hi Guys,
For some reason I am having a problem with the 'Intersect With Model' command.
I am using the free version of SU 7 and until recently it worked fine....its a command I use frequently and is essential in my work flow.
Im finding a reasonably complex intersection just hangs the model and even a simple intersection of a couple of planes takes ages.
I cant really figure what's happening....a video card playing up?.....a RAM problem?.......I havent noticed any other problems with my computer.
Any suggestions appreciated

@jsteacy said:

Very convincing pebbles, I assume you modeled a few then used the fur plugin to distribute them. what we're the settings you used on the fur plugin? Also it looks like (but hard to tell) you used a pebble texture underneath the modeled ones to cut down on the amount of modeled pebbles, smart, I'm curious what this would look like farther away as part of a whole house shot to see if it's still as convincing (plus I don't think many renders would be so close to the pebbles).

Thanks, yes, I used three modeled pebbbles [with a slight sheen in Twilight] as the base component.
There is a pebble texture underneath, as insurance, but I can barely see it.
This image is about a 50% crop of the original, so the area covered wasnt extensive.
Even though I only used 100 instances to a square metre the rendering time ramps up considerably as each individual pebble has to be rendered.
So, generally, something like this is useful for close up shots...or maybe larger areas if you have plenty of time and a really fast computer.

Twilight render...'fur' plugin...FotoSketcher, post processing